ITC computational resources are managed by Research Computing (RC). ITC users have access to the FAS (Faculty of Arts and Sciences) Odysseycluster which has over 36,000 cores available for use. Information on the general use queues for Odyssey can be found on the RC website. The software that is available on Odyssey can also be found there.

In addtion to Odyssey, the ITC has purchased an additional cluster for its own dedicated use. The ITC Cluster consists of 22 nodes each with 4 AMD 16-core 6274 Interlagos processors with 4 GB of RAM per core, for a total of 256 GB of RAM per node. This gives a total of 1408 cores available for use and 5.5 TB of RAM. The nodes are interconnected with QDR Infiniband.

There is one SLURMqueue for the ITC cluster named itc_cluster. This queue has a run time limit of 7 days but has no limit to the number of cores that can be requested. This queue is subject to normal fairshare rules.

In addition to the cluster the ITC has purchased storage beyond the normal allotted for Odyssey users. The ITC has 200 TB of storage space on the itcnfs systems. Each ITC user gets 5 TB of storage which is backed up nightly.

Groups within the ITC have also purchased resources beyond those provided by FAS and ITC. These resources vary from group to group and may include machines not managed by RC. If you desire more information on the resources held by a specific group please contact them directly.

To help ITC members utilize the cluster and the computational resources, the ITC has a member of Research Computing, Paul Edmon (pedmon@cfa), on staff. He is a trained astronomer with a background in high performance computing, HPC, and computational astrophysics. He is availible to help with computational astrophysics questions as well as general HPC concerns.

Research Computing staff are also available for help on software installation, debugging, and problems with the cluster. Please contact RC at rchelp@fas.harvard.edu if help is needed. For more information, please look at the FAS Research Computing website at http://rc.fas.harvard.edu. To gain access to Odyssey and the ITC cluster, fill out the web form at http://rc.fas.harvard.edu/request. Specify that you are a member of the ITC and include the name of your PI to receive access to ITC queues and storage. Please also include information about any additional resources that you have access to from your group.